john fugelsang with us. follow him on twitter at john fusionel same so when you get over the lance armstrong and when you get over the manti te'o, there are some other issues we are kicking around this morning. john nichols with a great piece in "the nation" about the nra. this seems to be a moment finally, people are realizing this is -- i wouldn't say exactly an empty suit. >> no. >> that's an insult to men's warehouse. >> but their political clout is not what it used to be. wouldn't you agree? >> it's not. it's important to remember we the people who aren't the nra outnumber the nra and the members of the nra who support same gun control legislation outnumber the members of the nra who don't. frank luntz that not otherous left-wing activist did the poll last july of nra members. we don't know what the numbers are because they count deceased members as being members to keep their numbers higher than they are. 74% of nra members support requiring criminal background checks. 87 agree support for the second a